Clothes display rack



April 20, 1954- H. G. HUMPHREY 2,675,923

CLOTHES DISPLAY RACK Filed April 10, 1953 in I"? INVENTOR. Haney G. Huuueen ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 20, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention pertains to improvements in clothes racks and isparticularly directed to an improved dress and coat hanger display rackwhich is of highly efficient design and sturdiness of operation at alltimes.

This invention is directed to an improved structure over that describedand claimed in my Patent 2,061,156 issued November 17, 1936.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved displayrack for clothes, dresses, coats, and the like, especiallyadapted foruse in public stores and sales rooms.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved clothesdisplay rack which will give instantaneous information of the dresssize, price, and the like.

A further object of this invention is to provide a highly compactclothes, dress and coat display rack which is rigid in construction andwhich may be manipulated for examination of the garments hung thereonWithout the necessity of touching such garments.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an improvedclothes'rack of a coat hanger type which can be manipulated forexamination of the clothes without skill or care upon the hart of theperson in manipulating the clothes hangers and which may he done Withoutmanual contact with the actual garments.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an improved clothesdisplay rack in which the garments may be moved to and from anexamination position but which may also be manipulated further to removethe respective hangers and garments from the rack as a whole.

Still another object of this invention is to protion will appear from adetailed description of drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a plan view of thedressdisplay rack incorporating the features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a left hand endelevation of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

v Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section on theline l.-.-4ofFig.3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view partly in section on theline 55 of Fig, 2.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view on the line 5e' of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing the coat hanger memberdrawn outwardly to latched examination position.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Figs. 6 and 7 but showing the tilting upmotion for releasing the coat hanger member from the display rack,

As illustrative of one embodiment of this invention there is shown aclothes display rack having a main base member l3 comprising a channeliron structure having the vertically disposed portion i l and the upperand lower horizontal portions i2 and i3 respective. At each end of thebase member I8 is pivotally mounted the support arms is on suitablepivot pins and to the outer ends of these support arms are pivotallyconnected by suitable pivot pins [5 an angle iron shaped member llhaving its horizontal portion it carried on the pivot pins- I 5 andhaving a downwardly extending portion I9. The member i? may be rockedfrom side to side on the lever arms M to positions such as Ida or may bepositioned with the lever arms extending outwardly at right angles tothe vertically disposed portion H of the member H1 and locked in any ofthese adjusted positions by means of a locking device consisting of arod pivotally mounted about one of the pivot pins it on the outer end ofone of the arms it and which rod extends through an eye-bolt 2i carriedon a supporting bracket piece 22 fixed to the vertically disposedportion ii of the base member it and which eye-bolt may be tighteneddown to restrict sliding move mentof the rod 29 in the eye of the boltby a suitable thumb screw 23.

Each of the clothes hanger mem indicated generally at 2t comprises arectangular hollow section having bifurcated inner end portions 25 whichstraddle downwardly extending headed pins 21, Fig. 3, fixed in the upperhorizontal portion It of the member We Also fixed on an intermediateportion of the hollow section 25 is the support piece'zt having fixedthereto the downwardly extending pin 29. This pin has a head withanupwardly facing abutment surface 31 which engages the under side 32 ofthe horizontal portion 58 of the angle iron shaped member 5? as the bodyof the downwardly extending pin enters a slot 33 formed in said portionl8. Further, a cut-away portion 34 merging with the slot 33 is alsoformed in the downwardly extending portion id of the member H so as toallow the head 3!) of the downwardly extending pin 29 3 to pass throughthe portion is of the member H at the same time that the bifurcatedslotted end portion 26 of the hollow section 25 is entered over the pin21. Thus, the rectangular hollow section it is demountably and rigidlysecured on the members is and I! in the manner described.

In order to lock the member 25 in its mounted position above described,a locking bar 35 is provided which slides along the inner face 36 of thedownwardly extending portion l-S of the member i! and is held in theposition shown by a pair of operating pins 31 having inwardly extendingportions 38 slidably mounted in the slots 39 formed in the portion IQ ofthe member I I as best seen in Fig. 4. The bar 35 also has arcuatecut-away portions 40 which coincide with the cut-away portions 34 in themember I 3 when the bar is moved to unlocked position as shown in Fig. tso as to enable the head 39 of pins 29 to enter into the position shownin Fig. 3 when mounting the clothes hanger elements 2d in the rackcomprising the members Hi and Il. By moving the locking bar 35, to theleft in Fig. 4, by manually pushing on the operating pins 31, the bar 35moves past the fiatted portion ll of the pins 29, moving the cutoutportions iii of the bar 35 to one side and therefore preventing theclothes hanger elements 2 5 from being rcmo-ved from the rack. It is tobe understood that any number or series of clothes hanger elements E imay be utilized in connection. with the mem bers l and ll and thatvarious spacings and arrangements depending upon the thickness of thegarments to be hung can be readily obtained by providing a whole seriesof slots 33 and pins 2? as shown in the drawings.

On each of the rectangular hollow section members 25 individual coathangers 42 are provided having upwardly extending plate portions fixedto rectangular bar members A l slidably mounted in the hollow interiorof the rectangular hollow portions 25. On the outer ends of the members44 are fixed tabs 45 in which may be inserted or otherwise securedthereto the size indicating numbers 46, the tabs 45 serving as a meansfor manually sliding the bar members M in and out of the members 25without manual contact with the clothing hanging on the coat hangerportions 42 of the device.

In order to normally limit the outer position of the bar members 44 inthe members 25 and so that they are not inadvertently pulled outtherefrom and the clothes drop upon the floor, there is provided anautomatic latch device as shown in Figs. 6, '7 and 8 comprising a springdetent member il secured to the upper surface of the member 25 by asuitable screw 48, spring detent member ll having a downwardly turnedend portion 49 which normally resiliently engages the upper surface 50of the bar member 44 as shown in Fig. 6 with the bar member 44 pushedfully inwardly. As the bar 44 is pulled outwardly as shown in Fig. 7 anotch in the upper surface 5d of the member 44 is engaged by the end 49of the spring detent member 47 so that the bar normally held in theposition shown in Fig. '7 by its own weight or the clothing thereon willnot come out from the member 25. However, should it be desired to removethe garment and coat hanger from the rack structure and from the tubularmember 25 it is merely necessary to raise the outer end of the member 34upwardly whereupon the notch is released from the spring detent memberll and its end 49 which is limited in its downward movement to theposition shown 4 at 49a in Fig. 8 while the lower surface 52 of bar 44is formed as a bevel or tapered portion relative to the normal straightbottom of the bar M to enable the bar member and coat hanger andgarments thereon to be readily lifted from and removed from the supportof the bar member 25.

There has thus been provided an improved garment hanger and display rackwhich may be readily adjusted for sidewise swinging movement; which maybe provided with a series of clothes hanger members of variable spacingdesired; and in which each of the clothes hanger menu bers haveindividual coat hanger elements which may be slid in and out betweenpredetermined fixed limits but which coat hanger elements may also bereadily individually removed from their respective supporting structuresin the display rack.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes apreferred form of the invention, it is also to be understood that theapparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from thespirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement andcommercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendent claimsare intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully set forth and described this obtained by United StatesLetters Patent is:

1. In a clothes display rack, a base member, an upper horizontal portionformed integral with and projecting forwardly from said base member,downwardly extending headed pins fixed to the under side of said upperhorizontal portion of said base member, support arms pivotally mountedon each end of said base member, an angle shaped member having adownwardly extending front portion, and an integral rearwardiy extendinghorizontal portion pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said supportarms, slots formed partially through said rearwardly ex ing horizontalportion from said downwa extending front portion, an enlarged cut-awayportion in said downwardly extending front poltion aligned with saidslots, a series of rectangular hollow clothes support members, abifurcated inner end on said rectangular hollow clothes support membersadapted to be presented around said downwardly extended headed pins onsaid base member, and downwardly extended headed pins fixed intermediatethe ends of said rectangular hollow clothes support members adapted tobe slidably received in said slots in said angle shaped member.

2. In a clothes display rack, a base member, an upper horizontal portionformed integral with and projecting forwardly from said base mem-- ber,downwardly extending headed pins fixed the under side of said upperhorizontal portion of said base member, support arms pivotally mountedon each end of said base member, an angle shaped member having adownwardly tending front portion, and an integral rearwardly extendinghorizontal portion pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said supportarms, slots formed partially through said rearwardly extendinghorizontal portion from said downwardly extending front portion, anenlarged Cllt"a c portion in said downwardly extending front portionaligned with said slots, a series of rectangular hollow clothes supportmembers, a bifurcated inner end on said rectangular hollow clothessupport members adapted to be presented around said downwardly extendingheaded pins on said base member, downwardly extended headed pins fixedintermediate the ends of said rectangular hollow clothes support membersadapted to be slidably received in said slots in said angle shapedmember, a locking bar slidably mounted on said angle shaped memberhaving arcuate cut-away portions along its upper edge arranged inalignment with said slots in said angle shaped member when said. lockingbar is moved to unlocked position, said locking bar blocking said slotsto prevent removal of said rectangular clothes support members when saidlocking bar is moved to a locked position.

3. In a clothes display rack, a base member, an upper horizontal portionformed integral with and projecting forwardly from said base member,downwardly extending headed pins fixed to the under side of said upperhorizontal portion of said base member, support arms pivotally mountedon each end of said base member, an angle shaped member having adownwardly extending front portion, and an integral rearwardly extendinghorizontal portion pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said supportarms, slots formed partially through said rearwardly extendinghorizontal portion from said downwardly extending front portion, anenlarged cutaway portion in said downwardly extending front portionaligned with said slots, a series of rectangular hollow clothes supportmembers, a bifurcated inner end on said rectangular hollow clothessupport members adapted to be presented around said downwardly extendingheaded pins on said base member, downwardly extended headed pins fixedintermediate the ends of said rectangular hollow clothes support membersadapted to be slidably received in said slots in said angle shapedmember, a locking bar slidably mounted on said angle shaped memberhaving arcuate cut-away portions along its upper edge arranged inalignment with said slots in said angle shaped member when said lockingbar is References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSNumber Name Date 721,944 Douglas Mar. 3, 1903 1,500,999 Kurtz July 8,1924 1,548,739 Pinto Aug. 4, 1925 2,061,156 Humphrey Nov. 1'7, 1936

